SAGE appoints David Ross as Executive Publisher of Open Access - April 3, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the appointment of David Ross as Executive Publisher of Open Access. In his new role, Ross will assume global responsibility for the strategic direction of OA in SAGE's Journals program. He will oversee a team that will manage SAGE's flagship Open… Read More
The Charlesworth Group to represent ISPG in Mainland China and Hong Kong - April 3, 2013
The Independent Scholarly Publishers Group (ISPG) is pleased to announce the renewal of its exclusive agreement for representation in Mainland China with The Charlesworth Group. The renewed agreement now includes representation in Hong Kong. ISPG is a coalition of 20 independent HighWire hosted publishers of… Read More
LRG launches third annual study of North American library spending and budgeting - April 2, 2013
The Library Resource Guide (LRG) has launched its third annual study of library spending and budgeting. Respondents to the study will be eligible to download the final report at no charge when the results are published and will be entered into a sweepstakes drawing for… Read More
IEEE forms 4-pair Power over Ethernet study group - April 2, 2013
Technical professional organisation IEEE, US, has announced the formation of a new study group to consider initiating a formal project to standardise 4-pair Power over Ethernet (PoE). The IEEE 802.3 4-pair PoE study group will consider a 4-pair solution’s capability to enhance energy efficiency and provide… Read More
NERL operations to relocate to CRL - April 2, 2013
Center for Research Libraries (CRL) and the North East Research Libraries Consortium (NERL), a non-profit program operating under the auspices of Yale University, have come to an agreement to relocate NERL operations to CRL. Under this new arrangement, NERL, which licenses major online products on behalf… Read More
ARL publishes Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2010-2011 - April 2, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2010–2011, which presents data describing collections, expenditures, personnel, and services in 63 health sciences libraries at ARL member institutions in the US and Canada. In 2010–2011, the reporting health sciences libraries… Read More
